The Tektronix S-Parameters license unlocks the S-Parameter feature available in several of the application plug-ins (available for the AWG70000A Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators or the SourceXpress® application software) adding the ability to apply S-Parameters directly onto a waveform.

Key features

• Channel Emulation Through S-parameter Filter
  • Reduce your overall test and development time by emulating different scenarioses. Touchstone files can easily be inserted to simulate the exact behavior of channel emulators. The effect of the channel can also be de-embedded by selecting the Inverse filtering option.
• Inter Symbol Interference (ISI)
  • This license unlocks the ISI functionality of the High Speed Serial Plug-in.
• Offline Mode
  • Plug-ins are designed to also run on an external PC via the SourceXpress PC application, thereby reducing the time taken to synthesize large waveforms and leaving the AWG70000A instruments free for continued testing.
• The easy to use graphical user interface integrates seamlessly with the Tektronix AWG70000A series user interface and the SourceXpress PC application.

Precise channel emulation

S-Parameters enables precise channel or device emulation by applying extracted S-parameters directly onto any waveform. S-parameter files can be generated using a Vector Network Analyzer and are convolved with the base pattern to recreate channel characteristics. By applying inverse filtering the effects of the channel can be effectively de-embedded from the system.